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The Henschel might have been great, but the old Ju-87 (Stuka) in the right hands were something else.

The Knight's Cross with Golden Oakleaves, Swords and Diamonds was the highest single grade of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, and was awarded only once during WWII - an exception to the rule for this award which was only to be awarded 12 times once WWII ended. It was awarded to Hans Ulrich Rudel in honor of his unrivaled heroism as a Luftwaffe Stuka pilot. Rudel was responsible for the deMore..struction of 530 Soviet tanks, enough tanks for five complete Soviet Tank Corps! He also destroyed 150 anti-aircraft and anti-tank positions, 800 motor vehicles, the Soviet Battleship Marat, a Soviet Cruiser, a Soviet Destroyer, 70 Soviet landing craft, and numerous bridges and bunkers. He also heavily damaged another Soviet Battleship, the October Revolution. Rudel flew 2,530 combat missions, claimed 11 air victories in his Stuka, and was shot down 30 times.Less..

Posted Jan-21-2009 By

Tyrfingr

Actually he lost a leg but kept flying. Hard bastard. Just finished reading his book. Top read. I heard it was mandatory reading for A10 pilots. Don't know if thats true but it convinced me to buy it...

Posted Jan-22-2009 By

juiceysecs

Posted Jan-25-2009 By

jimmytheg983

lol its and old propaganda film from the nazis. But not only the nazis had such propaganda.The russians and amricans had such films too.To this time came the propaganda in every livingroom as radiospeaker or the daily newespaper. You can look such films (american, russian or german version). This films are all the same with the same meassege.In every propaganda film they shown to imply that they invincible.

Posted Jan-22-2009 By

pickup27

Eh, I don't recall our films claiming that we are some sort of "master race" or "supermen" or that Jews and homosexuals should be gassed, or that it was our destiny to rule the world but hey, I could have missed something.

Moore Slayer

Posted Jan-22-2009 By

germaniac

Most regular germans, and even most of the soldiers in the wehrmacht did not subscribe to this point of view. The reason they survived is that they kept quiet about it. The ones who resisted Hitlers policies ended face down in a ditch with a bullet sized hole in their skull.

If the CIA came to your house, laid you down on the curb and put a rifle to the back of your head and told you to vote Democrat this year, would you spontaneously grow a pair of testicles and tell them "no i'll vote reMore..publican thank you very much"? I didnt think so.

When you have a choice between supporting a politcal party you dont agree with and being shot in the face, most normal people tend to go for the one where their family doesnt end up being executed.Less..

Posted Jan-22-2009 By

M4gnetic

Luckily for Western civilization there were enough people in Europe during WWII who kept a "low profile" but still resisted fascism, organized and fought against the Nazi's.
The resistance didn't win the war but they sure were a constant thorn in Hitler's side.

Posted Jan-22-2009 By

Moore Slayer

Be GLAD your country never had a secret police. I only used the CIA for illustrative purposes.

And yea some people were in the resistance and survived, a lot of them got found out and were executed. Im sure you belong to the category that would heroicly lead the resistance, untill your neighbour tells on you and you bite the bullet.

Insulting people who lived under truly horrific conditions is not only fairly arrogant, but also offensive. I have relatives who had to deal with nazi bullshit anMore..d im not about to let some random yank piss all over their reputation.

Also if you actually spoke german and knew what they were saying in that video, you realise how much egg on your face you have right now. This video is no worse a propaganda footage than what you american call "the news"Less..

Posted Jan-21-2009 By

hgl

Posted Jan-22-2009 By

nofs2003

I would bet that the crews of those aircraft did not live to see the end of the war if in fact the action was filmed in 1944. The Russians had some very skilled pilots of their own by then and some very capable fighetr aircraft as well.

Posted Jan-22-2009 By

PKM9999

Posted Jan-22-2009 By

tharglebot

Now THAT is funny, especially since my maternal grandfather really was a cook in the Army during WWII. Never left South Carolina. My Paternal grandfather fought the Japs in the Aleutians, though, and that was rough.

Posted Jan-22-2009 By

Moore Slayer

No, 45 was a good year for them because it finally ended the war and the brutality for Germany. It was a great year for Germany.
44 was far worse and saw the utter destruction of what was left of their military and modern cities.